Toy cannon.



W. G. LANG.

TOY CANNON.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 25, 1913.

1,094,725. I Patented Apr. 28, 1914.

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WILLIAM C. LANG, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

TOY CANNON.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it. known that I, lVILLLur C. LANG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Cannons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in toy cannons, the primary object being to provide a generally improved attractive appearing toy of this class of exceedingly simple, durable, and eflicient construction, which may be readily loaded or discharged without any liability to breakage or disarrangement of the parts.

A further object is to improve the spring actuated plunger mechanism and to provide improved connecting breech mechanism, for moving said plunger mechanism to a load ed position, with improved trigger mecha nism for automatically engaging the spring actuated plunger and for discharging or releasing the same when the toy is discharged.

lVit-h the above mentioned and other ends in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, hereinafter described, illustrated in one of its embodiments in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side ele vation of the improved toy cannon, the parts being shown in a normal position and the dotted lines indicating the position of the link and connected breech members when the spring actuated plunger is drawn to its loaded position. Fig. 2, a top plan view of the same, the lever link and connected breech members being shown in their retracted position in the act of loading. Fig. 3, a longitudinal sectional view of the cannon body. Fig. 4, a rear view of the improved toy cannon, the parts being in the position shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 5, a cross sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 3. Fig. 6, a fragmentary top plan View of the lower rear portion of the carriage and illustrating the cross or connecting member of the cheek-blocks for carrying the elevating screw and cannon balls.

Similar numerals of reference designate like parts throughout all the figures of the drawings.

The improved. toy cannon comprises a,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 25, 1913.

Patented Apr. 28, 1914.

Serial No. 786,351.

cannon body 1, of suitable form pivotally mounted on a carriage 2, by means of trunnions l. The cannon body 1, is preferably made up of two longitudinally extending metallic shells connected at their ends by means of lugs and rivets 1 The side blocks or members of the carriage are preferably mounted upon and connected by means of connecting axle bars 3, provided wit-h supporting wheels 4. The side or cheek blocks 2, are also connected by means of a connecting member 5, the latter being threaded at its center to receive and contain the elevating screw 6, for supporting and adjusting the rear portion of the cannon body in the usual manner, and said connecting bar or member 5, is also provided with ball receiving recesses or pockets 7, to receive and contain the cannon balls 7, the latter being preferably made of rubber, or other suitable resilient material.

The cannon body is provided with a centrally located tubular member 8, extending longitudinally therethrough, said tubular member or section forming the bore of the cannon body and being adapted to receive and contain the spring actuated plunger mechanism hereinafter described. The rear end of the tubular member or section 8, is closed by means of a stationary breech block or member 9.

The spring actuated plunger mechanism comprises a movable breech member or knob 10, the latter being provided with a guide link 11, slidably mounted in a pair of openings in the stationary breech member 9, said guide link 11, in the present instance, consisting of a single length of wire bent upon itself to form a loop member and said guide link 11, is movably or flexibly connected to the plunger 12, by means of a second guide link 13, of similar form, said links 11 and 13, being surrounded by a coiled spring 14, mounted within the tube 8, and interposed between the plunger 12, and the stationary breech member 9.

As a means for retracting the plunger 12, and compressing the spring 14, through the medium of the link members 11 and 13, and the movable breech or knob 10, a plurality of jointed link members are slidably and pivotally connected to the movable breech knob 10, said link members consisting, in the present instance, of a pair of lever links 15, pivotally mounted upon and carried by the side members of the carriage, the upper ends of said lever links being provided with guide slots 15. taking over and adapted to slide upon a pivot pin 16, passing through the breech knob 10. The guide slots 15 are adapted to slide upon and compensate for the relative movements of the parts as well as to allow for the adjustment of the cannon body through the medium of the adjusting or elevatin screw 6.

As a means for providing an operating handle or lever for cooperating with the lever links 15, in the act of moving the plun ger mechanism and its connections to a loaded or retracted position as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and full lines in F 2, a second pair of lever links 17, is provi ded said second pair of links being mounted upon the pivot pin 16, and being pro vided with lugs or projections 17, adapted to come into contact with or engage with a pair of off-setor flanged members 15*, at the upper end of the lever links 15, so that when the lever links 17, are drawn rearwardly in the act of loading the toy cannon, the projection 17, will engage with the flanged or off-set portions 15 to form a jointed lever said links 17, being curved to conform to and fit down over the rear por tion of the cannon body preparatory to the loading operation above described, or just af er such loaded operation and before dis charging the toy, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and of the drawings. The front portions of the lever links 1'7, are preferably bent to form a converged loop handle 18, adapted to normally rest upon the cannon body as shown.

As a means for automatically engaging the plunger 12, when compressed or retracted as hereinbefore described, a trigger memher or lever 19, mounted within the cannon body above the tubular section 8, said trigger member being mounted, in the present instance, between bearing lugs 20, the forward end of the trigger member be ing provided with a hooked head 19 operating between the guide flanges 21, struck out from the tube 8, to form a top opening in the latter, said hooked head 19 being beveled so as to ride upon the convolutions of the spring 1a, as the latter is compressed in the loading operation, but when the plungger 12 passes under the head 19, the latter will fall in front of the plunger and engage the same until the said hooked head is released by downward pressure upon the touch button 19 projecting upwardly at the rear of the cannon body.

l -i hen the plunger 12, is retracted and engaged by the trigger member 19, the connection 1 etween the guide links or loop members 11 and 13, is such that these members may telescope or pass into each other thus permitting; of the return or folding up of the lever links 15 and 17, in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 4; p eparatory to discharging the toy cannon.

The tubular member 8, is provided at its top with an opening comnninicating with an intersecting vertically disposed tube 22, the latter forming a ball recei ing opening through which the toy ball may be passed in the loading operation.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings the operation and advantages of my invention will be readily understood.

Having thus described one of the embodiments of my invention, what 1 claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

1. in toy cannon, a carriage, a cannon body provided with a ball receiving; openinn a spring resisted plunger therein, a breech member connected with the latter, jointed link members slidably and pivotally connected to said breech member, and a trio;- ger member within said cannon body adapted to automatically engage said plunger when drawn to set position at the rear of said ball receiving opening and to disengage the same.

2. In a toy cannon, the combination with a, carriage and a cannon body provided with a spring resisted plunger; of a breech member, link members connecting the latter to said plunger, and pairs of jointed lever link members carried by said carriage and connected to said breech member, one pair of lever link members being; adapted to normally extend forwardly ant to be folded over said cannon body in the loaded and unloaded positions of the parts.

3. In a toy cannon, a carriage, a cannon body, a tubular member extending; there through, a spring resisted plunger member therein, a stationary breech member, a movable member provided with a link member slidably mounted in said stationary breech member, a second link member connected to said plunger member and telescopically con nected to said first mentioned link member, means for operating said movable breech member and a trigger member within the top f said cannon body for automatically engaging said plunger when the latter is retracted.

A toy cannon, comprising a carriage, a cannon body pivotally mounted thereon, and provided at its top with a vertically extending ball receivingtube, a tubular member extending therethrougi intersected by said ball receiving tube and provided with a sta tionary breech member, a movable breech member provided with a guide link extending through said stationary breech member and into said tubular member, second guide link movably connected to said first mentioned guide link and provided with a plunger member in said tubular member, receiving tube by said movable breech mem- 10 a coiled spring 1n sald tube lnterposed beber.

tween said plunger member and said sta- In testimony whereof I have affixed my tionary breech member, and a pivoted trigsignature in presence of two witnesses. gelmember at the rear of said ball receiving VILLIAM Q LANG tube and within said cannon body adapted to automatically engage said plunger mem- \Vitnesses:

ber when moved to its initial spring or com- C. V. LIGGETT,

pressed position at the rear of said ball MARIE E- LIGGETT- Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

v Washington, D. C. 

